2025 SSMO Relay Round 4 Problems/Problem 3
Problem
Let  A particle moves in the coordinate plane such that at any time
 A particle moves in the coordinate plane such that at any time  its position is
 its position is ![\[\left(\sum_{a=1}^{T-1} \cos(at),\sum_{a=1}^{T-1} \sin(at)\right).\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/2/a/f/2aff036f84c6f9ae0cd1f2684885b7c4fc9f0a5d.png) Over the time interval
 Over the time interval ![$t\in(0,k],$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/d/6/1d6e4f5955235095c51ab884b0552eb11476aea9.png) the particle lies on at least one coordinate axes
 the particle lies on at least one coordinate axes  times. If the minimal value of
 times. If the minimal value of  can be written as
 can be written as  for relatively prime positive integers
 for relatively prime positive integers  and
 and  find
 find  .
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